Friday, 23 November 2012

Getting ready

Christmas - my favourite time of the
year. I am a child at heart and I love the excitement and build up to the big day.

This year is the first year I am doing
the Elf on the Shelf tradition. My son, Anders, is three and it's the first
year he really understands Christmas. Our Elf will arrive very soon, but
to get Anders really excited about him I decided to send a letter from Santa to
prepare him for his arrival. The letter arrived last weekend by magic. Can you
believe it? It was suddenly in the letter box on Sunday morning. Santa must
have made a quick trip out to our house to deliver it over night. Anders was a
little apprehensive at first, but after reading it the second time he warmed to
the idea that we will soon get a special parcel with a new friend.

Here are the letter and the envelope with Santa's special stamp:

The text says:

Dear Anders,

What an exciting year this has been, you have
changed so much!

I see that you started big boys’ school and you are
really enjoying it. You listen to your teachers, you play nicely with your
friends and you love learning. Keep this up, you are such a clever boy. It’s a
shame you don’t use the toilet yet, but hopefully this will change soon. There
might be a special surprise in your stockings to give you some motivation to do
so. You know that your mummy and daddy would be really happy if you at least
tried.

I’m getting rather busy at this time of the year. I
am travelling to many places to meet children all around the world. I will see
you soon too, I know that your mummy and daddy are planning on taking you to
see me and you will also visit me with your school. I am so excited! Are you
too?

Because I am so busy I cannot keep up looking out
for who is naughty and who is nice. I am sending out some of my elf helpers in
the next days to help me keep up with who is doing well. Keep your eyes open
for a special parcel and please make him feel welcome. He wants to be your
friend.

I hope the next weeks will be magical for you and
you will enjoy counting down to Christmas. I look forward to seeing you when
you visit me and I can’t wait to come to your house on Christmas Eve. Could you
please write me a letter with all your wishes so I don’t get muddled up? There
are quite a few children and I want to make sure I am getting you everything
you wish for.

Love, Santa

So, this is the beginning of a hopefully very long and fun tradition. The elf will arrive on Sunday, I can't wait to get started. I got many ideas ready and I hope you will enjoy reading this blog.